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Culture-dependent and culture-independent diversity within the obligate marine actinomycete genus Salinispora.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2005
Mincer Tracy J, Fenical William, Jensen Paul R
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Salinispora is the first obligate marine genus within the order Actinomycetales and a productive source of biologically active secondary metabolites. Despite a worldwide, tropical or subtropical distribution in marine sediments, only two Salinispora species have thus far been cultivated, suggesting limited species-level diversity. To further explore Salinispora diversity and distributions, the phylogenetic...
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